Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHIH JKLK MNMN OPOP QRQR ESESREVERED defender of beauteous Stuart | A |
Of Stuart a name once respected | B |
A name which to love was the mark of a true heart | C |
But now 'tis despis'd and neglected | D |
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Tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye | E |
Let no one misdeem me disloyal | F |
A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh | E |
Still more if that wand'rer were royal | F |
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My fathers that name have rever'd on a throne | G |
My fathers have fallen to right it | H |
Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son | I |
That name should he scoffingly slight it | H |
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Still in prayers for King George I most heartily join | J |
The Queen and the rest of the gentry | K |
Be they wise be they foolish is nothing of mine | L |
Their title's avow'd by my country | K |
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But why of that epocha make such a fuss | M |
That gave us th' Electoral stem | N |
If bringing them over was lucky for us | M |
I'm sure 'twas as lucky for them | N |
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But loyalty truce we're on dangerous ground | O |
Who knows how the fashions may alter | P |
The doctrine to day that is loyalty sound | O |
To morrow may bring us a halter | P |
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I send you a trifle a head of a bard | Q |
A trifle scarce worthy your care | R |
But accept it good Sir as a mark of regard | Q |
Sincere as a saint's dying prayer | R |
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Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye | E |
And ushers the long dreary night | S |
But you like the star that athwart gilds the sky | E |
Your course to the latest is bright | S |
Robert Burns
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